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Side Effects: Ukraine's Perfect Storm Looming Over Africa

Giovanni Carbone
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Lucia Ragazzi
07 May 2022

The war in Ukraine has raised fears of a major economic impact across the African continent, calling into question its post-pandemic recovery trajectory.

Regions such as the Horn of Africa and West Africa are particularly vulnerable to food crises and food insecurity, whose warning signs are growing globally.

However, the economic implications of the war are multifaceted: while new opportunities for partnerships in the energy sector are emerging, questions arise about the prospects for a green transition in the continent.

At the political level, the current international conjuncture is a litmus test of the positioning of African countries in the global arena and calls for a better understanding of their shifting relationships with the West and Russia. 

How does the war in Ukraine reverberate across the continent, and what new challenges does it raise for the region’s economies? How should we interpret African countries’ political reactions to the crisis? What do they say about the future of their relations with Western and non-Western actors?

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Giorgia Amato
Roma Tre University
The Charm of Anti-Westernism: Russia's Soft Power in Africa
Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti
ISPI
Putin’s Threats to the International Order Loom over Africa
Joseph Siegle
Africa Center For Strategic Studies
Why Africa’s Stance on Ukraine Is Not Aligned with the West
Matthew Crandall
Tallinn University
The War in Ukraine is Pushing the Eu Green Deal Ahead. Will This Affect Africa’s own Transition?
Alfonso Medinilla
ECDPM
Ukraine and Africa: Food Crisis, Energy Ambiguity and an Uncertain Political Outcome
Lucia Ragazzi
ISPI

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How the Ukraine War Fuels Great Power Competition in Asia
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The Great Power Game Behind the Ukraine Crisis
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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Multilateralism: A Stronger Polarisation
Alice Ekman
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

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ISPI

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